Strathaven PO troubles should be trigger for keeping bank

It is a temporary closure of the branch, which is a privately owned business, and the Post Office nationally apologises for the inconvenience this is causing.

It stresses that it aims to keep a service in Strathaven and it is working hard to find a solution that will allow it to be restored as soon as possible.

But given that RBS plans to close its Strathaven branch, citing the Post Office 100 yards away as the alternative for its customers, I have written to the Royal Bank arguing that the potential instability of the local PO should be a trigger to keep the bank branch open.